Thin film transistor, method for manufacturing the same, array substrate and display device

ABSTRACT

The present disclosure provides a thin film transistor, a method for manufacturing the same, an array substrate and a display device. The method for manufacturing a thin film transistor includes providing a substrate, forming a gate electrode, a gate insulating layer, an amorphous silicon material active layer and a cap layer on the substrate successively, wherein The cap layer is provided with a pattern on a side of the cap layer away from the amorphous silicon material active layer, and the pattern is composed of at least one groove along a length direction of the active layer and at least one groove along a width direction of the active layer, subjecting the amorphous silicon material active layer to laser annealing treatment to transform the amorphous silicon material active layer into a low temperature polycrystalline silicon material active layer, and removing the cap layer.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION APPLICATIONS

This application is the U.S. national phase of PCT Application No.PCT/CN2016/070007 filed on Jan. 4, 2016, which claims priority toChinese Patent Application No. 201510479312.X filed on Aug. 3, 2015, thedisclosures of which are incorporated in their entirety by referenceherein.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to the field of display devicetechnology, and more particularly to a thin film transistor, a methodfor manufacturing the same, an array substrate and a display device.

BACKGROUND

In a manufacturing process of a thin film transistor (TFT), as amaterial of an active layer in the TFT, a low temperature polysilicon(LTPS) thin film is commonly adopted.

Currently, during a preparation process of the TFT, an excimer laserannealing (ELA) approach is mainly adopted to form the LTPS thin film.The ELA approach mainly performs a laser beam irradiation on amorphoussilicon thin film through an excimer laser having certain energy totransform the amorphous silicon into the LTPS at high temperatures usinga laser beam energy. However, when the amorphous silicon is irradiatedwith the laser beam, all regions after irradiating is of a sametemperature; therefore, a growth region of a polysilicon grain in theLTPS thin film after crystallization is random. This makes grains in theLTPS thin film be variable in size and of less uniformity, and causes alarge amount of crystal boundaries in a TFT channel, which results in alarge leakage current of the TFT, and further results in a unstablethreshold voltage of the TFT, thus degrading a whole electricalperformance of the TFT.

SUMMARY

The present disclosure provides in some embodiments a thin filmtransistor, a method for manufacturing the same, an array substrate anda display device, so that the TFT may have a good electricalperformance. The technical solutions are as follows.

In a first aspect, the present disclosure provides in some embodiments amethod for manufacturing a thin film transistor, including: providing asubstrate; forming a gate electrode, a gate insulating layer, anamorphous silicon material active layer and a cap layer on the substratesuccessively, wherein the cap layer is provided with a pattern on a sideof the cap layer away from the amorphous silicon material active layer,and the pattern is composed of at least one groove along a lengthdirection of the active layer and at least one groove along a widthdirection of the active layer; subjecting the amorphous silicon materialactive layer to laser annealing treatment to transform the amorphoussilicon material active layer into a low temperature polycrystallinesilicon material active layer; removing the cap layer.

In an implementation of embodiments of the present disclosure, the stepof, forming the gate electrode, the gate insulating layer, the amorphoussilicon material active layer and the cap layer on the substratesuccessively includes: forming the gate electrode on the substrate;forming the gate insulating layer on the gate electrode; forming anamorphous silicon material thin film and an oxide thin film on the gateinsulating layer successively; and subjecting the amorphous siliconmaterial thin film and the oxide thin film to patterning processtreatment to obtain the amorphous silicon material active layer and thecap layer.

In another implementation of embodiments of the present disclosure, thestep of, subjecting the amorphous silicon material thin film and theoxide thin film to patterning process treatment comprises: subjectingthe amorphous silicon material thin film and the oxide thin film topatterning process treatment using a halftone mask.

In another implementation of embodiments of the present disclosure, theoxide thin film is a silicon dioxide thin film or an indium tin oxidethin film.

In another implementation of embodiments of the present disclosure, aprojection of the pattern on the substrate in a perpendicular directionis located at a region corresponding to the gate electrode.

In another implementation of embodiments of the present disclosure, acenter of the projection of the pattern on the substrate in theperpendicular direction coincides with a center of a projection of thegate electrode on the substrate in the perpendicular direction.

In another implementation of embodiments of the present disclosure, athickness of a portion of the cap layer provided with the groove is inthe range of 2˜5 nanometers, and a thickness of a portion of the caplayer not provided with the groove is in the range of 10˜30 nanometers.

In another implementation of embodiments of the present disclosure, thepattern includes at least two grooves along the length direction of theactive layer and at least two grooves along the width direction of theactive layer, and intersections of the grooves are distributed in amatrix form.

In another implementation of embodiments of the present disclosure, adistance between any two grooves which are adjacent and parallel to eachother is in the range of 2˜5 micrometers.

In another implementation of embodiments of the present disclosure, themethod further includes: before forming the gate electrode, forming abuffer layer on the substrate.

In a second aspect, the present disclosure provides in some embodimentsa thin film transistor, including a substrate, and a gate electrode, agate insulating layer and a low temperature polycrystalline siliconmaterial active layer covering the substrate successively. The lowtemperature polycrystalline silicon material active layer includes afirst region and a second region. The first region is arranged rightabove the gate electrode in a direction perpendicular to the substrate.The first region is divided into a plurality of first sub-regions bycrystal boundaries in the first region. The second region is dividedinto a plurality of second sub-regions by crystal boundaries in thesecond region. Each first sub-region is of an area larger than thesecond sub-region, and the plurality of first sub-regions aredistributed in a matrix form.

In a third aspect, the present disclosure provides in some embodimentsan array substrate, including the above thin film transistor.

In a fourth aspect, the present disclosure provides in some embodimentsa display device, including the above array substrate.

The technical solutions provided by embodiments of the presentdisclosure have following beneficial effects.

In embodiments of the present disclosure, during the amorphous siliconis crystallized, since a thickness of the cap layer at a patternedportion is thinner, the amorphous silicon material thin film at acorresponding region enters into a fully melted state earlier when undera laser beam irradiation. As a result, a nucleation center is locatedbelow a center of a rectangular region formed by the pattern, and thegrowth direction of the grain is away from the nucleation center,whereupon a crystal boundary is formed below the groove in the pattern.By adopting the above manufacturing method, a number, a direction, alocation of crystal boundaries in the polysilicon located below the caplayer in the LTPS thin film may be controlled, thus reducing the numberof crystal boundaries in the TFT channel and the leakage current of theTFT, and improving the whole electrical performance of the TFT.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

In order to illustrate technical solutions in embodiments of the presentdisclosure, drawings to be used in the description of the embodimentswill be described briefly hereinafter. Apparently, the drawingsdescribed hereinafter are only some embodiments of the presentdisclosure, and other drawings may be obtained by those skilled in theart according to those drawings without creative work.

FIG. 1 is a flow chart showing a method for manufacturing a thin filmtransistor according to some embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing the method for manufacturing a thin filmtransistor according to some embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2a is a schematic diagram showing a thin film transistor during amanufacturing process according to some embodiments of the presentdisclosure;

FIG. 2b is a schematic diagram showing a thin film transistor during amanufacturing process according to some embodiments of the presentdisclosure;

FIG. 2c is a schematic diagram showing a thin film transistor during amanufacturing process according to some embodiments of the presentdisclosure;

FIG. 2d is a schematic diagram showing a thin film transistor during amanufacturing process according to some embodiments of the presentdisclosure;

FIG. 2e is a schematic diagram showing a thin film transistor during amanufacturing process according to some embodiments of the presentdisclosure;

FIG. 2f is a schematic diagram showing a thin film transistor during amanufacturing process according to some embodiments of the presentdisclosure;

FIG. 2g is a diagram showing a growth direction of a grain according tosome embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2h is a schematic diagram showing a thin film transistor during amanufacturing process according to some embodiments of the presentdisclosure;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a thin film transistor accordingto some embodiments of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

In order to make the objects, the technical solutions and the advantagesof the present disclosure more apparent, the present disclosure will bedescribed hereinafter in a detailed manner in conjunction with thedrawings. In drawings, a thickness and a shape of each layer of thinfilm do not reflect a true scale of the array substrate, which merelyaims at exemplarily illustrating contents of the present disclosure.

Unless otherwise defined, any technical or scientific terms used hereinshall have the common meaning understood by a person of ordinary skills.Such words as “first” and “second” used in the specification and claimsare merely used to differentiate different components rather than torepresent any order, number or importance. Similarly, such words as“one” or “one of” are merely used to represent the existence of at leastone member, rather than to limit the number thereof. Such words as“connect” or “connected to” may include electrical connection, direct orindirect, rather than being limited to physical or mechanicalconnection. Such words as “on/above”, “under/below”, “left” and “right”are merely used to represent relative position relationship, and when anabsolute position of an object is changed, the relative positionrelationship will be changed too.

FIG. 1 is a flow chart showing a method for manufacturing a thin filmtransistor according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.Referring to FIG. 1, the method includes the following steps.

Step 101: Providing a substrate.

Step 102: Forming a gate electrode, a gate insulating layer, anamorphous silicon material active layer and a cap layer on the substratesuccessively. The cap layer is provided with a pattern on a side of thecap layer away from the amorphous silicon material active layer, and thepattern is composed of at least one groove along a length direction ofthe active layer and at least one groove along a width direction of theactive layer.

Step 103: Subjecting the amorphous silicon material active layer tolaser annealing treatment to transform the amorphous silicon materialactive layer into a low temperature polycrystalline silicon materialactive layer.

Step 104: Removing the cap layer.

In embodiments of the present disclosure, when the amorphous silicon iscrystallized, since a thickness of the cap layer at a patterned portionis thinner, the amorphous silicon material thin film at a correspondingregion enters into a fully melted state earlier when under a laser beamirradiation. As a result, a nucleation center is located below a centerof a rectangular region formed by the pattern, and the growth directionof the grain is away from the nucleation center, whereupon a crystalboundary is formed below the groove in the pattern. By adopting theabove manufacturing method, a number, a direction, a location of crystalboundaries in the polysilicon located below the cap layer in the LTPSthin film may be controlled, thus reducing the number of crystalboundaries in the TFT channel and the leakage current of the TFT, andimproving the whole electrical performance of the TFT.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing method for manufacturing a thin filmtransistor according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.Referring to FIG. 2, the method includes the following steps.

Step 201: Providing a substrate.

The substrate may be a glass substrate, a transparent plastic substrateetc.

Step 202: Forming a gate electrode on the substrate.

As shown in FIG. 2a , a substrate 301 provided in the step 201 may becovered with a buffer layer 301A in advance, and then a gate electrode302 is formed. Therefore, the method may further include: prior toforming the gate electrode, forming a buffer layer on the substrate.Specifically, the buffer layer may be a silicon nitride (e.g., SiN)layer or a silicon oxide (e.g., SiO₂) layer.

The gate electrode may be a metal gate electrode, and then the formingprocess of the gate electrode may include: forming a metal layer on thebuffer layer first, and then subjecting the metal layer to patterningprocess treatment to form the above gate electrode.

Step 203: Forming a gate insulating layer on the gate electrode.

As shown in FIG. 2b , forming a gate insulating layer 303 on the gateelectrode 302.

Specifically, the gate insulating layer may be a silicon nitride (e.g.,SiN) layer or a silicon oxide (e.g., SiO₂) layer.

Step 204: Forming an amorphous silicon material thin film and an oxidethin film on the gate insulating layer successively.

As shown in FIG. 2c , covering the gate insulating layer 303 with anamorphous silicon material thin film 3041 and an oxide thin film 3051.

The oxide thin film is a silicon dioxide thin film, an indium tin oxide(ITO) thin film or other types of oxide thin film.

Step 205: Subjecting the amorphous silicon material thin film and theoxide thin film to patterning process treatment to obtain the amorphoussilicon material active layer and the cap layer. The cap layer isprovided with a pattern on a side of the cap layer away from theamorphous silicon material active layer, and the pattern is composed ofat least one groove along a length direction of the active layer and atleast one groove along a width direction of the active layer.

As shown in FIG. 2d , after subjecting the amorphous silicon materialthin film 3041 and the oxide thin film 3051 to patterning processtreatment, an amorphous silicon material active layer 3042 and a caplayer 305 are formed.

FIG. 2e is a stereo schematic diagram showing the structure shown inFIG. 2d . As shown in FIG. 2e , the pattern is composed of at least onegroove a along a length direction of the channel of the active layer(i.e., the AA′ direction in the figure) and at least one groove b alonga width direction of the channel of the active layer (i.e., the BB′direction in the figure).

In embodiments of the present disclosure, the length direction of theactive layer is identical to that of the channel of the TFT when it isturned on, and the width direction of the active layer is identical tothat of the channel of the TFT when it is turned on. The lengthdirection of the channel is a direction of current flow in the channelregion, and the width direction of the channel is a directionperpendicular to the length direction of the channel in the channelregion.

The patterning process in the step 205 may be realized using a maskphoto-etching process, therefore the patterning of the cap layer andthat of the active layer may be accomplished at one step without anyadditional etching process. Specifically, the step 205 may include:subjecting the amorphous silicon material thin film and the oxide thinfilm to patterning process treatment using a halftone mask to obtain anamorphous silicon material active layer and a cap layer.

Specifically, a projection of the pattern on the substrate in aperpendicular direction is located at a region corresponding to the gateelectrode. That is, the pattern is corresponding to the channel region.In embodiments of the present disclosure, the whole electricalperformance of the TFT may be improved by improving the crystalboundaries in the polysilicon in the channel region of the active layer,and reducing the number of defect states.

Furthermore, a center of the projection of the pattern on the substratein the perpendicular direction coincides with a center of a projectionof the gate electrode on the substrate in the perpendicular direction.

A thickness of a portion of the cap layer provided with the groove is inthe range of 2˜5 nanometers, and a thickness of a portion of the caplayer not provided with the groove is in the range of 10˜30 nanometers.In embodiments of the present disclosure, by setting of thickness of theabove cap layer, a temperature difference between the patterned portionand non-patterned portion is assured, which plays a role of inductionand guidance for a formation of crystal boundaries.

Specifically, the pattern includes at least two grooves along the lengthdirection of the active layer and at least two grooves along the widthdirection of the active layer, and intersections of the grooves aredistributed in a matrix form.

Furthermore, in embodiments of the present disclosure, the number ofgrooves in the pattern may be determined according to a width and alength of the channel of the TFT, the larger the width and length of thechannel of the TFT, the greater number of grooves in the pattern. Adistance between any two grooves which are adjacent and parallel to eachother is in the range of 2˜5 micrometers.

The distance between grooves in the pattern is configured to define thenumber and arrangement of the crystal boundaries in the active layer,and an arrangement of the above distance may ensure that the number ofcrystal boundaries in the channel of the active layer is small.

Step 206: Subjecting the amorphous silicon material active layer to alaser annealing treatment to transform the amorphous silicon materialactive layer into a low temperature polycrystalline silicon materialactive layer.

As shown in FIG. 2f , the amorphous silicon material active layer 3042is melted under the laser beam irradiation and crystallized to form alow temperature polycrystalline silicon material active layer 304.

When the laser beam irradiates the cap layer, the amorphous siliconmaterial is melted and crystallized in a length direction of the channel(the AA′ direction in FIG. 2e ). At an edge close to the gate electrode,since the amorphous silicon material is relatively thicker at the slope,the amorphous silicon material is partially melted down during ELAirritation. At this moment, a temperature gradient is formed in the AA′direction, therefore the grain growth is progressed towards to themelted portion from the partially melted portion to form a crystalboundary perpendicular to the channel.

Meanwhile, in the width direction of the channel (the BB′ direction inFIG. 2e ), a cooling speed at the edge of the channel is faster thanthat at the middle part, therefore there is also a temperature gradientalong the BB′ direction. As a result, the grain growth is progressedtowards to the middle from the edge to form a crystal boundary parallelto the channel direction.

In another aspect, the crystal boundary above the gate electrode isformed under an impact of the pattern of the cap layer. Since the grooveportion in the pattern is relatively thin, the amorphous siliconmaterial at the corresponding region enters into a fully melted statefirst during the crystallization, whereupon the nucleation center islocated a center of the region which is divided by the groove, and thegrowth direction of the grain is away from the nucleation center,therefore a crystal boundary is formed below the groove.

The growth direction of the grain is as shown in FIG. 2g , at the edgeclose to the gate electrode 302, the growth of grain 304A is progressedtowards to the melted portion from the partially melted portion to forma crystal boundary 304B perpendicular to the channel. Moreover, thenucleation center is located in a center of the region divided by thegroove b, and the growth direction of the grain 304A is away from thenucleation center, whereupon a crystal boundary 304B is formed below thegroove b.

Step 207: Removing the cap layer.

As shown in FIG. 2h , removing the cap layer 305 on the low temperaturepolycrystalline silicon material active layer 304.

Specifically, in embodiments of the present disclosure, the cap layermay be removed using an etching process.

Furthermore, the method further includes: forming a source electrode anda drain electrode at two opposite sides of the active layer.

In embodiments of the present disclosure, when the amorphous silicon iscrystallized, since a thickness of the cap layer at a patterned portionis thinner, the amorphous silicon material thin film at thecorresponding region enters into a fully melted state earlier when undera laser beam irradiation. As a result, a nucleation center is locatedbelow a center of a rectangular region formed by the pattern, and thegrowth direction of the grain is away from the nucleation center,whereupon a crystal boundary is formed below the groove in the pattern.By adopting the above manufacturing method, the number, the direction,the location of crystal boundaries in the polysilicon located below thecap layer in the LTPS thin film may be controlled, thus reducing thenumber of crystal boundaries in the TFT channel and the leakage currentof the TFT, and improving the whole electrical performance of the TFT.

The present disclosure provides in some embodiments a thin filmtransistor, including a substrate, a gate electrode, a gate insulatinglayer and a low temperature polycrystalline silicon material activelayer covering the substrate successively. The low temperaturepolycrystalline silicon material active layer includes a first regionand a second region. The first region is arranged right above the gateelectrode in a direction perpendicular to the substrate, the firstregion is divided into a plurality of first sub-regions by crystalboundaries in the first region. The second region is divided into aplurality of second sub-regions by crystal boundaries in the secondregion. Each first sub-region is of an area larger than the secondsub-region, and the plurality of first sub-regions are distributed in amatrix form.

In embodiments of the present disclosure, the number of firstsub-regions in the first region in the active layer is greater than thatof the second sub-regions in the second region. Since both the firstsub-regions and the second sub-region are divided by crystal boundaries,it can be seen that, crystal boundaries in the first region are lessthan that in the second region. Here, the first region is arranged rightabove the gate electrode, that is, the channel region. Therefore thenumber of crystal boundaries in the channel region in the abovestructure of the thin film transistor is small, which reduces theleakage current of the TFT, and improves the whole electricalperformance of the TFT.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a thin film transistor accordingto embodiments of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 3, the thinfilm transistor is formed using the method shown in FIG. 2, specificallyincluding: a substrate 301, a buffer layer 301A arranged on substrate301, a gate electrode 302 arranged on the buffer layer 301A, a gateinsulating layer 303 arranged on the gate electrode 302, an active layer304 arranged on the gate insulating layer 303, a source electrode 305and a drain electrode 306 which are arranged at two opposite sides ofthe active layer 304 respectively and in contact with the active layer304. The active layer 304 is a low temperature polycrystalline siliconmaterial active layer. The low temperature polycrystalline siliconmaterial active layer 304 includes a first region and a second region.The first region is arranged right above the gate electrode 302, thefirst region is divided into a plurality of first sub-regions by crystalboundaries in the first region. The second region is divided into aplurality of second sub-regions by crystal boundaries in the secondregion. Each first sub-region is of an area larger than the secondsub-region, and the plurality of first sub-regions are distributed in amatrix form.

In embodiments of the present disclosure, the number of firstsub-regions in the first region of the active layer is greater than thatof the second sub-regions in the second region. Since both the firstsub-regions and the second sub-region are divided by crystal boundaries,it can be seen that, crystal boundaries in the first region are lessthan that in the second region. Here, the first region is arranged rightabove the gate electrode, that is, the channel region. Therefore thenumber of crystal boundaries in the channel region in the abovestructure of the thin film transistor is small, which reduces theleakage current of the TFT, and improves the whole electricalperformance of the TFT.

The present disclosure further provides in some embodiments an arraysubstrate. The array substrate includes the thin film transistoraccording to any one of the above embodiments. Specifically, the arraysubstrate further includes a gate line arranged on the substrate, a dataline and a pixel electrode layer and the like. Here, a drain electrodeof the thin film transistor is connected to the pixel electrode layer, agate electrode of the thin film transistor is connected to the gateline, and a source electrode of the thin film transistor is connected tothe data line.

The pixel electrode layer may be a transparent conductive metal oxidelayer, such as an ITO layer, an indium zinc oxide (IZO) layer.

On the basis of the similar inventive concept, the present disclosurefurther provides in some embodiments a display device, including thearray substrate according to above embodiments.

When specifically implementing, the display device according toembodiments of the present disclosure may be any product or componentwith display function, such as a mobile phone, a tablet PC, a TV set, amonitor, a notebook computer, a digital photo frame, a navigator.

The above are merely the preferred embodiments of the present disclosureand shall not be used to limit the scope of the present disclosure. Itshould be noted that, a person skilled in the art may make improvementsand modifications without departing from the principle of the presentdisclosure, and these improvements and modifications shall also fallwithin the scope of the present disclosure.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method for manufacturing a thin filmtransistor, comprising: providing a substrate; forming a gate electrode,a gate insulating layer, an amorphous silicon material active layer anda cap layer on the substrate successively, wherein the cap layer isprovided with a pattern on a side of the cap layer away from theamorphous silicon material active layer, and the pattern is composed ofat least one straight groove extending to two edges of the active layeralong a length direction of the active layer and at least one straightgroove extending to the other two edges of the active layer along awidth direction of the active layer; subjecting the amorphous siliconmaterial active layer to laser annealing treatment to transform theamorphous silicon material active layer into a low temperaturepolycrystalline silicon material active layer; and removing the caplayer.
 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of, formingthe gate electrode, the gate insulating layer, the amorphous siliconmaterial active layer and the cap layer on the substrate successivelycomprises: forming the gate electrode on the substrate; forming the gateinsulating layer on the gate electrode; forming an amorphous siliconmaterial thin film and an oxide thin film on the gate insulating layersuccessively; and subjecting the amorphous silicon material thin filmand the oxide thin film to patterning process treatment to obtain theamorphous silicon material active layer and the cap layer.
 3. The methodaccording to claim 2, wherein the oxide thin film is a silicon dioxidethin film or an indium tin oxide thin film.
 4. The method according toclaim 2, wherein a projection of the pattern on the substrate in aperpendicular direction is located at a region corresponding to the gateelectrode.
 5. The method according to claim 2, wherein a thickness of aportion of the cap layer provided with the groove is in the range of 2˜5nanometers, and a thickness of a portion of the cap layer not providedwith the groove is in the range of 10˜30 nanometers.
 6. The methodaccording to claim 2, wherein the pattern comprises at least two groovesalong the length direction of the active layer and at least two groovesalong the width direction of the active layer, and intersections of thegrooves are distributed in a matrix form.
 7. The method according toclaim 2, wherein the step of, subjecting the amorphous silicon materialthin film and the oxide thin film to patterning process treatmentcomprises: subjecting the amorphous silicon material thin film and theoxide thin film to patterning process treatment using a halftone mask.8. The method according to claim 7, wherein a projection of the patternon the substrate in a perpendicular direction is located at a regioncorresponding to the gate electrode.
 9. The method according to claim 7,wherein a thickness of a portion of the cap layer provided with thegroove is in the range of 2˜5 nanometers, and a thickness of a portionof the cap layer not provided with the groove is in the range of 10˜30nanometers.
 10. The method according to claim 7, wherein the patterncomprises at least two grooves along the length direction of the activelayer and at least two grooves along the width direction of the activelayer, and intersections of the grooves are distributed in a matrixform.
 11. The method according to claim 1, wherein a projection of thepattern on the substrate in a perpendicular direction is located at aregion corresponding to the gate electrode.
 12. The method according toclaim 11, wherein a center of the projection of the pattern on thesubstrate in the perpendicular direction coincides with a center of aprojection of the gate electrode on the substrate in the perpendiculardirection.
 13. The method according to claim 1, wherein a thickness of aportion of the cap layer provided with the groove is in the range of 2˜5nanometers, and a thickness of a portion of the cap layer not providedwith the groove is in the range of 10˜30 nanometers.
 14. The methodaccording to claim 1, wherein the pattern comprises at least two groovesalong the length direction of the active layer and at least two groovesalong the width direction of the active layer, and intersections of thegrooves are distributed in a matrix form.
 15. The method according toclaim 14, wherein a distance between any two grooves which are adjacentand parallel to each other is in the range of 2˜5 micrometers.
 16. Themethod according to claim 1, further comprising: before forming the gateelectrode, forming a buffer layer on the substrate.
 17. The methodaccording to claim 1, wherein the step of subjecting the amorphoussilicon material active layer to laser annealing treatment to transformthe amorphous silicon material active layer into a low temperaturepolycrystalline silicon material active layer comprising: growing grainsof the low temperature polycrystalline silicon material active layer andforming crystal boundaries of the grains under the straight grooves. 18.A thin film transistor, comprising a substrate, and a gate electrode, agate insulating layer and a low temperature polycrystalline siliconmaterial active layer covering the substrate successively, wherein thelow temperature polycrystalline silicon material active layer comprisesa first region and a second region, the first region is arranged rightabove the gate electrode in a direction perpendicular to the substrate,the first region is divided into a plurality of first sub-regions bycrystal boundaries under straight lines in the first region, wherein atleast one straight line of the straight lines extends to two edges ofthe active layer along a length direction of the active layer, and atleast one straight line of the straight lines extends to the other twoedges of the active layer along a width direction of the active layer,the second region is divided into a plurality of second sub-regions bycrystal boundaries in the second region, each first sub-region is of anarea larger than the second sub-region, and the plurality of firstsub-regions is distributed in a matrix form.
 19. An array substrate,comprising the thin film transistor according to claim
 18. 20. A displaydevice, comprising the array substrate according to claim 19.